The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
RACHITIC
rickety, rachitic
(adjective) affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets; “rickety limbs and joints”; “a rachitic patient”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
rachitic (comparative more rachitic, superlative most rachitic)
(medicine) Pertaining to or affected by rickets. [from 18th c.]
Feeble, in a weak or precarious condition. [from 19th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ra*chit"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. rachitique. See Rachitis.] (Med.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to rachitis; affected by rachitis; rickety.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACERVULUS
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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